defamed

verb

Definition of defamednext
past tense of defame
1
as in libeled
to make untrue and harmful statements about of course I want to win the election, but I refuse to defame my opponent in order to do so

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2
as in accused
archaic to make a claim of wrongdoing against so the harmless old woman was defamed of witchcraft

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  1. accused
  2. indicted
  3. disgraced
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  • In September, Tapia and the union publicly accused Corpus and Aenlle of many of the same claims in the report.
    Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The Paris prosecutor on Wednesday requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen, at a trial where she and 24 others are accused of embezzling European Union funds.
    Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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  • Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba has been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges.
    Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Owens, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and City Council member Aaron Banks were indicted last month on conspiracy and bribery charges.
    Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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  • Many familiar newsmen were pushed out of their jobs and disgraced for behaving badly — Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Mark Halperin, Bill O’Reilly, Roger Ailes and so on.
    Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • For this band of once-precocious kids now slipping into middle-age, disgraced ’80s art queen Mary Boone evokes the tarnished dreams of Manhattan transplants and a bag dropped onto the train track must be let go no matter what.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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